17 Jul 1941
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
1
Northern Illinois WPA district starts a survey of non profit groups to map civilian services for defense. Canners will ask about training in 36 activities including ambulance, sewing, first aid, and air raid services, aiming to publish a nationwide directory. Parolees from St Charles School for Boys face rejection from farms amid rising concerns.
Carroll county draft board releases names of twelve white men called for induction on July 28 as the July quota. No colored men were included. The list includes William Burns Batts Savanna Roger Earl Granke Savanna Wayne Leroy Harmon Savanna Donald Theodore Ferguson Savanna John Arthur Rice Thomson Marvin C Holland Thomson Wilmer Frederick Strautz Mt Carroll and Laverne Wessly Adams Mt Carroll. Registrants receiving questionnaires total 100 with ten days to return. others await processing and papers for remaining October group.
Several Thomson youths enjoy a swim near the Sand Slough summer resort where firm sandy ground and an ideal entrance spot lie beside water. Locals can show the exact place to swim. Emilie Dionne quint has lost her first milk tooth marking a public note.
Fire hit the Frank Ross residence in Mt. Carroll last Tuesday night with an estimated $500 loss. Investigators suspect a kerosene stove caused the blaze, damaging the kitchen and a second room while smoke and heat affected other areas as the family tended a garden.
Vital statistics filed by County Clerk show 11 births in June 18 deaths in June for Carroll County. Names list several babies born in Savanna Lanark Milledgeville Chadwick Rockford and Hanover along with multiple adult deaths including residents of Savanna Milledgeville and other towns.
The annual Maryland picnic and reunion will be held at Lowell Park Dixon on Sunday July 20 1941. All Marylanders are invited to bring well filled picnic baskets and enjoy the day together.
Carroll County residents may apply for Bankhead-Jones tenant purchase loans with 3 percent interest and a 40 year payoff. Applications are taken Tuesdays 10 to 12 at Room 11 in Mt. Carroll Post Office, with selection by a county committee.
A national draft lottery to determine the call order for youths registered under theSelective Service Act will be held in Washington at 6 p m Thursday July 17 The drawing in the departmental auditorium will use the same glass jar as the October lottery Secretary of War Stimson will draw the first number Registrants with low serial numbers may not be first called but the lowest numbers drawn today may enter the army in July or August The drawing will take about two hours as 750 numbers are to be drawn The largest July registration district total was 661.
Thomas Upchurch, 60, a Savanna native who had lived in Chicago, died Sunday there. Funeral rites were held Wednesday in Ohio. He was the son of Mrs. Alice Upchurch, formerly of Savanna, and a first cousin of Robert and B E Fuller of Savanna. Surviving are his wife, several children, his mother, and his brothers and sisters.
Arthur Patrick, 83, of Freeport, court reporter for Circuit Judge Harry E. Wheat, was seriously injured Tuesday of last week when his car left the road and struck a tree near Shannon. He was unconscious on arrival at a Freeport hospital, with brain concussion and severe facial, head, and body injuries. his car was demolished and pinned in the wreck.
The Merry Sewers 4 H club of Argo Fa announces an Achievement Day for Friday July 18 at the Argo Fa community house in cooperation with the Argo Home Economics club. The program includes songs solos band numbers and a style revue. A regular meeting is planned for next Tuesday at Miss Jean Rawlins home with a program featuring a roll call talk and performances.
Savanna Cleaners and Dyers owner Arthur Weidman found the safe door open Sunday morning and $55 missing after entry through a window and cut screen. Police report says the burglars forced a window in the cleaning room and entered the main building before stealing the cash.
County Clerk Walter Watson reports licenses issued to Raymond F. Coble and Betty Jane Speers, Sterling and Lanark. Paul J. Sheridan and Elinora A. Haas, Rockford and Lanark. Robert L. Neuschwanger and Frances M. Buckwalter, Mt Carroll. Frank E. Brooks and Ethel T. Taylor, Savanna. William E. Trader and Agnes S. King, Savanna. Circuit Judge C. Dixon presided Monday. Veneta Anderson granted a divorce from Samuel D. Anderson.
Merry Sewers 4-H club plans events for coming week. Two Hanover men injured Monday night in crash north of Savanna. Savanna police make numerous arrests early this week. Deaths births and more noted in June. Steel bins for grain storage now for sale to farmers. Shimer summer theatre opens season tomorrow night. Forty Carroll county youths receive NYA assistance. Twin sisters in Mt Carroll observe 82nd anniversary. Access roads near ordnance depot to be considered as possible defense project. National lottery for July 1 selective service registrants starts at 6 pm today. Tenant farmers may secure federal aid to purchase farms announced. Achievement Day for Carroll 4-H girls set for July 31. Five winners to attend state contest. July quota for Carroll county under selective service act lists twelve men. report July 28 for induction.
The Frances Shimer Summer Theatre at Mt Carroll Illinois presents Ivor Novello's Fresh Fields opening July 18 at 8 15 p m for five Friday performances. Directed by Charles Shain with Lawrence Carra producing the three act comedy about two sisters and a mansion social climbers. Season tickets show strong advance sales and audience anticipation.
County Achievement Day for 4-H girls will be held Thursday July 31 at the Farm Bureau auditorium Mt Carroll. Activities start at 10 am with a dress revue clothing and foods judging and a brief program by club members. Five girls will advance to the state contest later in the summer with two winners in dress and two in foods.
A Mt Carroll committee chaired by W G Warnock plans a United Service Organizations drive with donations to be left at Mt Carroll National Bank Mirror-Democrat Northwestern Utilities and other offices. The committee includes representatives from American Legion auxiliary Womens Relief Corps Community club churches Commercial club Sequoia club and local civic groups.
Mr and Mrs Homer Switzer of Edinburg and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Whitney returned Sunday evening from a ten day trip to the Black Hills Yellowstone Park and Boise Idaho covering about 4000 miles. They noted fine crops and abundant spring and summer rains with Yellowstone reporting rain all but four days since Memorial day. They visited relatives in Boise and stopped at the King Brothers sheep ranch near Laramie observing a large purebred flock. They could not visit Julesburg due to time.
A marriage license was issued by County Clerk Walter Watson to Charles David Switzer of Thomson and Frances Louise Thomas of Big Rock. Over the past two weeks Circuit Clerk John R. Gelwicks logged numerous warranty and quitclaim deeds involving multiple properties in Shannon Savanna Lanark and nearby areas, plus a jail-release notice: Wilbur Whitmer of Lanark was released after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and paying a $10 fine.
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